Example sentences for: olhão

How can you use “olhão” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Heading east from the provincial capital of Faro, the first settlement of any size you will come to is the colorful fishing town of Olhão.

  • You’re unlikely to see a boat coming in from another continent, but you are guaranteed the hustle, bustle, sights, smells, and sounds of one of the Olhão fish market, one of the Algarve’s best (the town is especially famous for its mussels and other shellfish).

  • The name of the square, Praça da Restauração (“Restoration Square”), recalls Olhão’s most glorious moment, when an improvised local army rebelled against Napoleon’s occupying forces in 1808.

  • Olhão used to be described as the “little white Cubist town of the Algarve,” its architecture likened to that of North African towns.


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